Lady Bird Johnson Letter (1975)
description: A letter received by Stephanie James, a member of Brownie Troop 99, from Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the United States (1963-1969). This letter was one of many which were microfilmed and stored in the time capsule created by the Girl Scout troops of Concord in 1975. Transcription: Stonewall, Texas March 10, 1975 Dear Stephanie, Your Bicentennial project sounds most interesting! Thank you for inviting me to share in it. As I look back on my White House days, those five years of turmoil and achievement, of triumph and pain, I feel amazement that it happened to me, and gratitude that I had the opportunity to live them and strongest of all - out of all the trips that I made and all the people that I met - a deep, roaring faith in and love for this country. As for my own most rewarding time as First Lady, there were moments, myriad and varied -- but I guess on balance the most rewarding was the feeling that I had come to know our country in all its diversity, its beauty and its problems. As for what was least appealing for me, it was trying to assign priorities -- so many obligations and pressures jostled each other for every hour of time and it was frustrating to have to turn my back or do only poorly many things I really cared about. With best wishes to you and your Troop members, Sincerely, Lady Bird Johnson
creator: Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson
date: 1975
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